Standard Report and Document Listing

Section

Description

Title and Description

This section includes the report title and brief description of the document’s purpose.   It will also contain any special run-time instructions and other related documents.

Parameters

Complete listing of run-time arguments needed by the program.  Also included in this section are any special conditions that may affect the report or its output.

Report Grouping

Identify the ways in which the data within the report may be grouped.  

Note: All values included in the grouping will display within the output.

Header Information

This section lists data values that are present in either a formal record header or are listed within a grouping area of the report.  It will include any group totaling that may be in effect, such as the number of order records per branch.

Detailed Report Information

This section includes all the specific data values that will appear within the report. 

Report Totals

This section lists any totals that have been placed within the report as a whole, such as grand totals for record counts.